HFB CEO named to Dallas Fed's Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council

January 29, 2015

DALLAS-The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas has named James R. Barlow of Shreveport a member of its Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council.

The council is composed of 12 representatives from financial institutions of various sizes in Texas, northern Louisiana and southern New Mexico.

The council provides senior Dallas Fed officials grassroots information on a variety of topics, including economic and banking conditions, regulatory policies and payments issues.

Barlow is president and CEO of Home Federal Bank in Shreveport, La., where he has worked since February 2009. Before joining Home Federal, he served as executive vice president and area manager of the Arkansas-Louisiana-Texas area commercial real estate operations of a regional bank. He has extensive experience in all areas of bank operations and management, as well as experience in business banking, commercial lending, retail lending, credit analysis and loan review.

Barlow serves in many capacities with First United Methodist Church of Shreveport, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Southfield School and YMCA Little League.

He holds a bachelor's degree in management and an MBA in finance from Louisiana Tech University.

Media Contact: Alexander Johnson
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Phone: (214) 922-5288
e-mail: alexander.johnson@dal.frb.org

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